French Studies
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Web Resources
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- GATEWAYS
- TEXTS
- FRENCH LIBRARIES
- LIBRARIES IN BELGIUM
- FRENCH LIBRARIES IN CANADA
- OTHER INTERESTING MATERIAL
- FRENCH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES & MEDIA
- HOW TO USE LIBRARY RESOURCES (INCLUDING ONLINE BOOKS IN PRINT)
GATEWAYS
Francophone Literature -- Selected Francophone literature from the Association of College and Research Libraries French Studies Web. Hosted at New York Universitiy Libraries.
French Studies Web -- Maintained by the Western European Subject Specialists Section of the Association for College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association
Tennessee Bob's Home Page -- An extensive gateway to many relevant French sources
The U.C. Berkeley Library's French Page--This site makes many of the library's French resources available to the user, including images.
TEXTS
ARTFL: Trésor de la langue française -- A textual database of texts from the 17th-20th centuries in literature, philosophy, arts and sciences.
Bibliothèque Nationale Texts -- This is an archive of FTP texts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
French Collection, University of Virginia--This site contains a wealth of material, although some texts can only be accessed by U of V students.
International Marie de France Society -- This site includes texts and is also a gateway for those interested in anonymous lays.
Kolb-Proust Archive for Research -- Created by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, this archive "offer(s) a panorama of the French culture at the turn of the century" by presenting 50 years of scholarly research on Marcel Proust conducted by Prof. Philip Kolb.
Labyrinth Library: French Literature -- This includes a variety of texts
The On-Line Books Page -- This is an index to more than 6,000 English language texts in electronic format. All are free for person or non-commercial use.
FRENCH LIBRARIES
La Bibliothèque Nationale de France -- Diverse information about the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Le Catalogue BN-OPALE -- An access point to the catalog of the Bibliothèque Nationale, including books since 1970, periodicals since 1960, and anonymous works from the 16th through 18th century works.
LIBRARIES IN BELGIUM
Access to Libraries in Belgium -- This is a gateway to many libraries in Belgium
FRENCH LANGUAGE LIBRARIES IN CANADA
Archives nationales du Canada--The homepage for the Canadian National Archives. This site can be browsed in either French or English.
La Biblioth`eque de Montréal -- This page for the Biblioth`eque is available in both French and English language versions.
Biblioth`eques du Québec--This is a general site with links to libraries in Québec.
La Biblioth`eque nationale du Canada--Page d'accueil de la B.N.C.
La Biblioth`eque nationale du Québec sur le WEB -- "Le site comporte une foule d'informations sur la Bibliothèque, ses collections, ses services, ses publications, ses activites culturelles."
OTHER INTERESTING MATERIAL
Paris Pages -- A collection of everything related to the City of Light
Christmas Traditions in France and in Canada -- This includes information about contemporary traditions and historical traditions. It includes bibliographies.
FRENCH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
Foreign Newspaper Collection at the Center for Research Libraries-- This site offers titles of French newspapers by city. Information on ordering specific issues is also provided.
Libération--Published daily in Paris.
MEDIA
French Language Television Broadcasts
Live, on-demand French language television broadcasts from Europe, Africa, and the Americas. News, business and sports telecasts are available from Canada, France, Tunisia the Ivory Coast and a number of French Territories.
HOW TO USE LIBRARY RESOURCES
Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
Alapage: French Books in Print--A searchable database of over 40,000 items.
British Books in Print Web--A searchable version of Whitaker's, from the Internet Book Shop.